Assessment of pre operative anxiety in patients for elective surgery

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-262

  Khan, Fauzia A ^a   Nazir, Shazia ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Assesment; Elective surgery; Preoperative anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE ANXIETY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 37349117625     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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